*'''[Forbes]''' Gordon, John Steele. "Who Was the Wife of James Forbes, Member of the Continental Congress from Maryland?," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 76, No. 1 (Jan. 2001):29-35. {{FHL|973 D25aga v. 76}}

*'''[Forbes]''' Gordon, John Steele. "Who Was the Wife of James Forbes, Member of the Continental Congress from Maryland?," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 76, No. 1 (Jan. 2001):29-35. {{FHL|973 D25aga v. 76}}

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*'''[Fowke]''' Copeland, Pamela C. and Richard K. MacMaster. ''The Five George Masons: Patriots and Planters of Virginia and Maryland''. Lorton, Va.: The Board of Regents of Gunston Hall, 1989. {{FHL|1015765|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M381cm}}.<br>

*'''[Lamar]''' Lamar, William Harmong, "Thomas Lamar of the Province of Maryland, and a Part of His Descendants," ''Publications of the Southern History Association,'' Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1897):203-210. Digitized by [http://archive.org/stream/publicationssou02assogoog#page/n214/mode/2up Internet Archive].

*'''[Stonestreet]''' Skidmore, Warren. ''Thomas Stonestreet of Birchden, Withyham, East Sussex, and of "Birchden" in Charles County, Maryland, with His Posterity Down to the Sixth Generation.'' Akron, Ohio: W. Skidmore, 1983. {{FHL|186056|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 St72sw}}.

*'''[1783] '''[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1437/html/1437ch.html Charles County Tax List of 1783]: This is an alphabetical index to names to all property owners assessed. The index cards at the [http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives] include county, hundred, names of tracts of land and whether individuals were paupers or single males as provided in the law.

*'''[1783] '''[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1437/html/1437ch.html Charles County Tax List of 1783]: This is an alphabetical index to names to all property owners assessed. The index cards at the [http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives] include county, hundred, names of tracts of land and whether individuals were paupers or single males as provided in the law.

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== Web Sites ==

== Web Sites ==

*[http://www.mdgenweb.org/charles/ The Charles County MD GenWeb Project], a member of [[MDGenWeb|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]].

*[http://www.mdgenweb.org/charles/ The Charles County MD GenWeb Project], a member of [[MDGenWeb|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]].

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*[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/library/periodicals/perbib/html/bibc.html "Charles Co.,"] in ''Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.''

Clerk of the Circuit Court has marriage records from 1865; divorce and court records from 1796. Register of Wills has probate records. State Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland has land records from 1658.[1]

History

Named for Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore.

Parent County

Created 13 April 1658 from Colonial lands by the order in Council, likely much of remaining portion of old Charles County that was created 1650 and dissolved 1653.

Church

Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Charles County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions. The following records from their collection have been digitized and made available to view for free online:

[Brown] Copeland, Pamela C. and Richard K. MacMaster. The Five George Masons: Patriots and Planters of Virginia and Maryland. Lorton, Va.: The Board of Regents of Gunston Hall, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 M381cm.

[Burford] Lomax, E.L. Genealogy of the Virginia Family of Lomax. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1913. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

[Forbes] Gordon, John Steele. "Who Was the Wife of James Forbes, Member of the Continental Congress from Maryland?," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Jan. 2001):29-35. FHL 973 D25aga v. 76

[Fowke] Copeland, Pamela C. and Richard K. MacMaster. The Five George Masons: Patriots and Planters of Virginia and Maryland. Lorton, Va.: The Board of Regents of Gunston Hall, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 M381cm.

[Lamar] Lamar, William Harmong, "Thomas Lamar of the Province of Maryland, and a Part of His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1897):203-210. Digitized by Internet Archive.

[Stonestreet] Skidmore, Warren. Thomas Stonestreet of Birchden, Withyham, East Sussex, and of "Birchden" in Charles County, Maryland, with His Posterity Down to the Sixth Generation. Akron, Ohio: W. Skidmore, 1983. FHL Book 929.273 St72sw.

Gazetteers

Immigration

The New Early Settlers of Maryland database is a great place to start searching for immigrants who had arrived in the colony by the 1680s. The database "comprises 34,326 entries from Gust Skordas' Early Settlers of Maryland and Carson Gibb's Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland." Available online, courtesy: Maryland State Archives.

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Revolutionary War

A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Maryland, Charles County on page 127.]

War of 1812

List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, Charles County, p. 145. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

[1783] Charles County Tax List of 1783: This is an alphabetical index to names to all property owners assessed. The index cards at the Maryland State Archives include county, hundred, names of tracts of land and whether individuals were paupers or single males as provided in the law.